New Ulm at Hutchinson
7 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 1

Two Class 1A state tournament participants from last season meet up when New Ulm tangles with Hutchinson.

The Eagles were the Section 3 champion while the Tigers won the Section 2 crown, but the path back to state for each team got tougher this season with section realignments.

Both are now in Section 2 and find themselves competing for a state bid with No. 9-1A New Prague, No. 10-1A Orono and No. 12-1A Mound Westonka.

No. 14-1A Hutchinson (4-0) is averaging four goals a game behind the play of Emma Berthiaume (5-5-10) and Ellie Larson (3-4-7).

Quin McCormick (2-0, 1.00, .917) and Ellie Lenarz (1-0, 2.89, .857) have split time in goal for the Tigers.

Minnesota-Duluth commit Brook Schugel (6-8-14) has five goals and five assists in the past two games (4-0-1) and Brittany Denn (7-6-13) has two goals in each of the past three games for New Ulm.